Machine for making macaroni and the like.



J. RIVARA.

MACHINE FOR MAKING MAGARONI AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20. 1908. 928,796, Patented July 20. 1909.

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ATTOR/VE VS J. RIVARA.

MACHINE FOR MAKING MAGARONI AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1908.

928,796. Patented July 20. 1909.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING MAOARONI AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20.1908.

928,796. Patented July 20. 1909.

'ATTOR/VE VS JAMES RIVARA, OF .NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI.

mom son MAKING MACARONI Ann'rrm Lure.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1 nausea July 20,1909. 1 Application filed November 20, 1908. 8eria1-No.-463} 667. it I To all whom it concern: Be it known'that I, JAMES RIVARA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Natchez,

Adams county, State of Mississippi, have invented an Improvement in Machines for Makin Macaroni and the Like, of which a the fol owing is a specification.

While my improved machine is articularly' adapted and intended for use 111 making macaroni, it is also adaptedforpastry,

- noodles, and the like, and forpressin'g juice from fruit for making wine, ellies, :etc.

The object of; the invention is to simplify the construction of machines of this class.

and to adapt the screw, which operates the plunger or piston, to be'qu'ickly withdrawn from the cylinder in which dough or other material is pressed to produce. macaroni or other product; f

The details of construction, combination, and operation of parts are as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of my invention. Fig. 2 1s a side elevation of the main portion of the machine. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4P4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line '5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of my, invention. Fig. 7 is a face or front view of the same. Fig.8 is a horizontal sectionon the line 8-8 of 6. I

I will first describe the invention as illustrated in Figs. 1-5.

1 indicates the vertical portion of a bracket which is provided with parallel flanges 2 and 3 extending forward horizontally and which arerigidly connected and braced by means of three rods 4 arranged in triangular relation as indicated in Figs. 1-

and 4. The body of the bracket 1, 2,3, is

-bored with holes to receive screws or bolts for fastening the same to a vertical wall, or other firm support. The cylinder 5, in which the dough is placed for producing macaroni, is rigidly attached to, and supported from, the front edge of the lower ange 2 of the bracket. For this purpose, it is constructed with an enlarged head 5 having a lateral flange or lug 5 which restsupon, and is bolted to, the bracket flange 2.

The lower end of the cylinder 5 is provided with means forsupporting and holding the die through which the dough is'to be pressed sired to-compress fruit or. the like. A piston orplunger is adapted to slide in the cylinder 5 and is attached to a screw-shaft 6 to Whose upper end is keyed a miter gear 7 The upper end of the :shaft 6 isjournaled 1n the perforations suitable for usewhen it is deupper and lower parallel arms 8, 8 of a bracket which is secured to a triangular plate 9 that slides on the three guide rods 4:.

The aforesaid ubracket has vertical end flanges or' lugs 8 in'which a horizontalshaft 10- 1s journaled, the same having a bevel pinion 11 that meshes with thegear 7 and serves to drive the same. 'On the front end of the shaft 10, a hand-wheel or other driver is, in practice, mounted, and,'by rotating the same in one direction 'or the other, it is obvious that the screw-shaft 6 will be correspondingly rotated. The saidshaft works in a nut 12 which, as shown best in Fig. 5, is constructed'of two parts, or aws, that are hinged together at 13, and adapted to be clamped on the screw-shaft 6, by means of a device-1 consisting of a screw hinged to one of the jawsof the nut and having; on its free'end a butterfly nut 15, beneath which is arranged a spiralspring 16, for

supporting a washer arranged beneath the nut. The nut 12 is arranged in the horizontal slot of a yoke, or crosshead 17, which is rigidly connected by arms 18 with the enlargedhead 5 of the cylinder 5Q When the nut 12 is closed or clamped upon the screw-shaft 6, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, upon rotating the screw-shaft to the right, the piston will be forced downward so as to expel the dough previously placed therein,

and force it through-the die plate at the bottom of the cylinder 5, so as to produce macaroni or other product. On the other hand,'if the screw-shaft 6 be rotated in the opposite direction, the piston will be raised. In all cases, in order to place dough or other material in the cylinder 5, the piston is to be raised above it, so as to leave the mouth or upper'end ofthe cylinder exposed. It

will be seen that when the screw-shaft spondingly, and of necessity the bracket and gearing carried thereby move with it.

It has been usual and necessary in machines of this class, to rotate the screw so as to brin the piston above the cylinder, but by means of my improved construction and combination of parts, particularly by utilizing the two-part nut 12, I am enabled to do this with much greater celerity and with less labor. forced down to the required limit, and it is desired to raise it above the cylinder, the clamping device 14, 15, is released and swung out of engagement with one of the jaws of the nut 12, and the latter is opened as shown by dotted lines Fig. 5, so as to freeit completely from the screw-shaft. entire apparatus, comprising the piston, screw-shaft, driving gear, and the plate 9, which slides on the guide rods 4, may be lifted to the required height. This may be done manually, but hoisting means may be provided and is connected with the apparatus through the medium of a chain or rod secured to a loop 19 attached to the outer lug or arm 8 of the bracket 8. When the screw and the connected parts have been thus elevated to the required position, and the cylinder has been filled with dough or other material, the nut 12 is closed and clamped on the screw, when the machine is again ready for the pressing operation. For convenience in swinging open one of the jaws of the nut 12-, it is provided with ahook 12; see Figs. 1, 3, 5.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that I am able to effect an important economy in time and labor by means of the construction and combination of parts I have adopted. It is further apparent that, by means of the wall bracket 1, 2, 3, when braced by the guide rods 4:, I form a very rigid and yet light and cheap support for the other portions of the machine. A special feature of the upper bracket 3 is its bifurcated form whereby space is provided for receiving the inner. end of the bracket 8, 8 when the piston and screw-shaft 6 are raised to the extreme height. It will be seen that without this bifurcation, it would be necessary to extend the body 1 of the wall bracket, and also the guide rods 4, to a considerably greater height in order to provide space for Thus, when the piston-v has been Then the the bracket 8, 8 which would increase the size, weight, and cost of the apparatus.

Figs. 0 and 7 illustrate a modification in which a wall bracket 1 is provided with a short upper flange 3, in place of a bifurcated one as illustrated in Fig. l. A bracket 8, in which the gearing is arranged, is also constructed somewhat differently from the bracket before described, and the yoke 17 is not provided with a two-part separable nut, and consequently the piston must be elevated solely by the operation of the screw 6.

What I claim is:

1. The improved machine for the purpose specified, comprising a Wall bracket having a central or body portion and horizontal flange of the wall bracket, and a nut rigidly connected with the head of the cylinder and in which the screw-shaft is adapted to work, as shown and described.

2. The improved machine comprising a wall bracket and guide rods rigidly connecting its upper and lower portions, a cylinder rigidly attached to the bracket, a piston and screw-shaft, gearing operatively connected with the screw-shaft, and a bracket supporting the same held and guided on the aforesaid rods, a slotted yoke through which the screw-shaft passes, the same being rigidly connected with and supported above the lower flange of the bracket, a nut composed of two jaws pivoted together and within the yoke, a clamp-screw pivoted to one of the jaws and adapted to engage the free end of the other for securing the nut in operative relation with the screw-shaft but adapted to release the nut when it is desired to, raise the piston, as shown and described.

JAMES RIVARA.

\Vitnesses S. D. BAKER, LAMAR LAMBERT. 

